Week #3 Blog

Week #3 Blog                             

An 11^th secret to writing well, is to read your words out loud. We sometimes take it for granted and just read it. If we took the extra time to say it out loud we would catch errors that we might not hear. I still get confused using who and whom. Sometimes when I am reading whom in a sentence it doesn’t sound right. The book mentions how it is considered a formal word. I understand how they can see it that way. Then there is “that” and “which” where it sounds right either way. With all these ways to use the words it makes it difficult to understand all the rules that go along with them.

I received an email that I though was a run-on and had the same words in twice. It was from a comedy club marketing new people. It said, “We will work with you to build an event that will work within your budget while providing personalized service to ensure your event runs smoothly from start to finish, allowing you to sit back, laugh, and have a great time!” Not sure if I was right but it seemed too long and then there’s the famous comma before and. In my PR writing class that is not allowed but here it is so it makes it confusing. Another error I found in an email, is when my son’s teacher did not put a period at the end of a sentence. He continued typing and starting a new sentence. The last error I found was in my prayer booklet. They spelled faithfil instead of faithful. Then they spelled Leave instead of leave. Nobody is perfect that is why we are taking this class to improve our skills.